The Ethics of Animal Labor A Collaborative Utopia /

• Main Author: Porcher, Jocelyne (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
• Subjects: Business.; Business ethics.; Labor economics.; Industrial sociology.; Business and Management.; Business Ethics.; Sociology of Work.; Labor Economics.

This work argues for a moral consideration of animal work relations. Paying special attention to the livestock industry, the author challenges the zootechnical denigration of animals for increased productivity awhile championing the collaborative nature of work. For Porcher, work is not merely a mea...

Table of Contents:

• 1.What is Animal Husbandry?
• 2. The promises of work
• 3. Industrial lifestock farms/animal production
• 4. Animal death
• 5. Living without life
• 6. Living with animals, a utopia for the 21st century.